Revolving table.



PATENTED JUNE 4, 1907.

.J. W. HULL. REVOLVING TABLE.

'LPPLIGATION FILED SEPT-26' 1906.

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REVOLVING TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1907. I

Application filed September 25, 1906. Serial No. 336,18 L.

To (all whom 111$ 'ntcty concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. HULL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at East Brady, in the county of Clarion and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Revolving Tables, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accomp anying drawing.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in tables, stands and supports, and the invention has for its object to provide a table having a plurality of drawers, revolubly arranged, whereby access can be easily had to any drawer.

To this end, I have devised a simple and inexpensive table particularly designed for seamstresses, tailors, and artisans having use for a table, and a plurality of small articles or instruments. In this connection, my improved table comprises a plurality of separate and distinct compartments revolubly arranged, and means for normally maintaining the compartments in a closed condition, at the same time permitting of easy access being had to any desired compartment.

The detail construction of my improved table will be presently described and then specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawing forming part of this specification, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved table, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a'fragmentary plan, the table top being removed.

The reference numeral 1, indicates the supporting legs which are connected together intermediate their ends and'braced by a horizontally disposed plate 2, which, besides serving as a means for connecting the legs together and bracing them, also serves functionally as a shelf.

The table top 3, rests on the upper ends of the legs 1, and is preferably circular in form. Secured to the underneath face of said table top 3, is a block 3 also circular in form, and which is adapted to bear against the inner face of the legs at their upper ends and brace the table top.

The upper ends of the legs are cut away on the outer face to provide shoulders 4, on each shoulder is mounted a bearing block 5, each bearing block carrying an anti-friction ball 6. Arranged to be revolved on said anti-friction balls, beneath the table top, is a ring 7 constituting a drawer supporting shelf, and carrying on its underneath face at the inner edge, a bearing ring 16 having a ball race 17 to receive the anti-friction balls 6 seated in the bearing blocks 5. This annulus or ring constituting the drawer supporting shelf, therefore surrounds the upper ends of the legs, and is provided in its upper face with a plurality of radially-disposed recesses 8 in which are slidably mounted drawers 9, the walls of said recesses acting as guides for said drawers, each drawer being provided on its outer end with a suitable handle 10 for Withdrawing the same from its recesses or compartment.

Secured to the periphery of the table top 3 is a band 11, wider than the thickness of said table top, so that the lower edge of the band constitutes a flange extending below the top of the drawers 9, and preventing the withdrawal of said drawers, excepting at one point of the table, at which point the said depending flange of the band is cut away as shown at 12 in Fig. 1, so that when any one of the drawers is brought into registry with said cut away portion of the band, the said drawer may be withdrawn.

The band 11 may be suitably labeled as at 14, to indicate the point to which the drawers can be withdrawn from the table, and the drawers may also be labeled as at 15 to indicate their contents. A suitable lock 18 is also employed to hold the annulus or ring in a fixed position withrelation to the table top, said lock being preferably positioned at a point close to the point where the drawers may be withdrawn.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a table, a plurality of supporting legs cut away on their outer faces at the upper ends thereof to form shoulders, bearing blocks mounted on said shoulders, anti-friction balls carried by said bearing blocks, an annulus constituting a drawer supporting shelf provided with a bearing ring resting on said anti-friction balls, and having a plurality of radially-disposed recesses in its upper face, drawers slidably mounted in said recesses, a table top resting on the upper ends of said legs, a block secured to the underneath face of said table top and engaging the inner faces of said'legs at their inner ends, and a band secured to the periphery of said table top over-lying the upper edge of said drawers, ,and having a cut away portion whereby the drawers may be withdrawn when brought into registry with said cut away portion.

1 In testimony whereof I afiix my signature \Vitnesses: I

JOHN W. FLEMING, C. F. FLEMING. 

